The innovative online debate was a livelier affair than the turn-off one at the National Press Club earlier in the campaign, though not a big moment of the campaign. It was Bill Shorten who was the nimbler…

In the early days of federal debates – which started in the 1980s – the public attention was much greater than now.
Tracey Nearmy/AAPJuni 7, 2016

Amid general agreement that the National Press Club leaders’ debate was a turnoff, literally, Malcolm Turnbull has decided to be Mr Digital Man and organise things his way. The government has negotiated…

Bill Shorten is not convinced the budget will be helped by giving the large banks what he says is $7.4 billion in tax cuts.
AAP/Tracey NearmyMei 30, 2016

Sunday night’s leaders debate was a disappointment. Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten were over-rehearsed; the content was old ground; the spontaneity was minimal. When a question was too hard they simply…

Who took the points in the first leaders’ debate of the 2016 campaign?
AAP/Tracey NearmyMei 29, 2016